Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New Trophy's
New trophy room comments
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Classifieds
Trophy Room
New items
New comments
Latest content
Latest updates
Latest reviews
Author list
Series list
Search showcase
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Hunting - other than deer
Winter kill UT/ID/WY
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="AT Hiker" data-source="post: 5617652" data-attributes="member: 10019"><p>I finally spoke with a biologist out of Riverton, WY on Tuesday. The insight was meaningful and although its really doom n gloom out there, we do have reason to be optimistic. Mainly from a moisture stand point and the fact that Pronghorn bucks typically hit peak horn growth around 3yrs old. </p><p></p><p>Part of our conversation was eye opening on how far some of these herds travel. Basically, they will go as far as they can to escape the snow (development aside). Some S. WY herds went in to CO, unfortunately they had hard kills too so its unknown how many will come back. Also, inside certain units that were hit hard, they had pockets of areas that didn't receive as much snow. Hopefully those herds can be "seed" for the future.</p><p></p><p>He also told me not to feel guilty about shooting a buck, if I do draw a tag. 100% doe protection is what grows those herds, what few bucks hunters take will have little to no impact on population growth as they have cut the tags drastically.</p><p></p><p>Speaking of doom n gloom, he has spent a lot of time out in the field retrieving collars from dead pronghorn and even flew over I-80 recently, he said you could see the dead animals from the aircraft. Wild.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AT Hiker, post: 5617652, member: 10019"] I finally spoke with a biologist out of Riverton, WY on Tuesday. The insight was meaningful and although its really doom n gloom out there, we do have reason to be optimistic. Mainly from a moisture stand point and the fact that Pronghorn bucks typically hit peak horn growth around 3yrs old. Part of our conversation was eye opening on how far some of these herds travel. Basically, they will go as far as they can to escape the snow (development aside). Some S. WY herds went in to CO, unfortunately they had hard kills too so its unknown how many will come back. Also, inside certain units that were hit hard, they had pockets of areas that didn't receive as much snow. Hopefully those herds can be "seed" for the future. He also told me not to feel guilty about shooting a buck, if I do draw a tag. 100% doe protection is what grows those herds, what few bucks hunters take will have little to no impact on population growth as they have cut the tags drastically. Speaking of doom n gloom, he has spent a lot of time out in the field retrieving collars from dead pronghorn and even flew over I-80 recently, he said you could see the dead animals from the aircraft. Wild. [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Tennessee Hunting Forums
Hunting - other than deer
Winter kill UT/ID/WY
Top